yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Phone 7 General] sutt359:
Thanks guys that worked a treat :)

Yep i have a gold carded HD7 from O2 UK running HTC 1.69 euro rom, then yesterday when i plugged it into zune it updated it from 7.0.7389.0 to 7.0.7390.0

And my Dev unlock was free becuase i my work place is a uni ;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
I just got my dev account updated by geotrust so in 2 business days me too! Hopefully sooner
[Vega General] reelportal:
My ReelPortal video conference software is reported to be working well on the Viewsonic G Tablet, the Archos 70/101, and the eLocity A7, with certain ROMs (firmware). I don't have any tablets at the moment, so I'm relying on user feedback to get a sense of what works.

However, a Vega tablet user is having problem seeing his webcam video on the Vega. I'm wondering if other Vega users can get it to work and how. If you are interested in trying it out, please download the Android apk and Adobe AIR at

http://reelportal.blogspot.com/p/download.html

You can run the PC/Mac/Linux web client version at www.reelportal.com.

Please provide feedback if you try it. Thanks.
[Captivate General] sold1erjjt:
This is more of a way to say thanks to all the Dev's and users who populate this forum. If you really compare to the various sub-sections (phones) you really just are underwhelmed by a lack of ROM's. And the Captivate development section is full of great quality ROM's. You almost have an overload of ROM's to flash, so many good ones. And also the great i9000 dev's. They did a ton of work to help get us some great ROM's

Here is just a thanks. Keep up the good work

Say thanks to your dev's in the thread below :)
[Captivate General] Nerz:
i agree. definately not good for anyone with a flashing addiction :). lol i'm downloading two new roms as i type. thanks dev team for finishing what att/samsung didnt.
[Captivate General] joeybear23:
agreed

awesome work, Devs
[Captivate General] modest_mandroid:
Part of the thanks goes to Samsung for making it easy :p

That's also why I'll never buy HTC or Motorola as long as they're in the habit of locking bootloaders.
[Captivate General] mcord11758:
I was considering one of the newer devices but the development sections are non existent. Yes were are spoiled, I agree, thanks to our devs.

MIUI
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
Necessity breeds invention.
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
I feel sorry for the people who use stock phones and think that's as good as it gets. Those poor, clueless people.:D

Thank you, XDA.:cool:
[Captivate General] psai:
Try going to the forums of most other AT&T Android phones, such as the Motorola Bravo, and you'll be shocked that almost 6 months after release, they don't have a single custom ROM, and rooting is still a pain for them!

As for us, we have a ton of amazing devs cranking out awesome ROMs, lagfixes, kernels, themes, etc., so I could never imagine going back to stock again :)
[Captivate General] Captivate-me:
Mucho Gracias Devs

+100000 to what has been said already. I've learned and gained so much from this forum. I have a real love affair with my cappy! :-) I'm up for an upgrade as we speak, but I can' t imagine a better phone. This is thanks to XDA and the awesomely talented hard working devs on this this forum. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

*Now if I can only get the stupendous battery life others have mentioned, I'd be in heaven*
[Captivate General] ryude:
I think the 10+ million galaxy S phones that are all unlocked might have something to do with it too.
[Captivate General] Shammyh:
Agreed.

10 char
[Captivate General] shane87:
Agree wholeheartedly!! I would never go back to stock, and I am supremely thankful to all of the devs and users out there that have provided custom roms, kernels, and all of the other goodies available. The biggest thing I am thankful for, though, is all of the information the users and devs provide. I have learned so much about my cappy, and android in general, from this forum. IMHO, the best way to show thanks is to keep up the spirit of sharing, and provide your own insight anywhere it may be useful. I am always happy to help anyone out, as long as it is a question I know something about. Again, a big thanks to all of the devs, and to all of the users!!
[Captivate General] xtremekilla09:
I can definitely say that the Captivate Development is one of the best on XDA.

My brother is looking for a new device to upgrade to, he keeps comparing everything to my Captivate. He still hasn't found anything that he would rather have over the Captivate, mostly because of the support available on XDA.
[Captivate General] comdei:
+ two thumbs up

Love the captivate, but it wouldn't be anything withput the captivate android development section ;)
[Captivate General] quarlow:
I am so surprised every time I try to check on ROMs for other phones.

I am scared about leaving the captivate, I don't want to be stuck on stock. I was going to go to atrix next, that isn't looking good. Hopefully the SGS II is as easy to dev as the captivate, and hopefully its out soon.

We are so very spoiled. The hardest thing about flashing a ROM for a captivate is choosing which one.

Thanks to all the great devs that make this possible.
[Captivate General] sold1erjjt:
One thing that I think is crazy is that the necessity for a lagfix created something unexpected and amazing in the Voodoo Project (ext4 optimizations, sound, and color), mad props to Supercurio. Not trying to single any dev out, y'all are great and continue to produce amazing ROM's.
[Captivate General] 1tontomato:
I'm glad my phone didn't work as promised right out of the box. I feel sorry for anyone that decided to move on to another phone for that reason. The developers in this section are awesome there are easily 15 solid roms and 10 different kernels to choose from. Sometimes navigating the choices can give a guy a head ache, but Thanks to all the hard working devs in the captivate XDA it's almost impossible to make a bad choice. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[Captivate General] browncarpet:
I agree with everyone. I bought my SGH-I897 because a friend bought one for his wife and she loved it (even with stock ROM) and got it free on Black Friday. I came from iPhone original to this and was only marginally satisfied... until the custom ROM I installed a few days ago. Wow, what a difference. The hardware that promised so much is now free to work as it should. Better battery life, smoother performance, more options, more access.

Like others, I feel sorry for those who at one time held this device in their hands then gave it up because of terrible software.

Thanks to all those who take the time to develop, update, write guides, share findings, take risks... for the benefit of fellow Captivate owners. Thanks.
[Captivate General] jackjack078:
100% agreed.

I want to take this opportunity to thank all developers here in XDA. I officially salute to all of them. They help us without asking payback. I definitely think donation is my way to show how I appreciate their work, time and their unselfishness of sharing.

And also want to thank all memebers here on XDA. They are extremely helpful as well.

Being winmo rom flasher/users for 5 years. As android is totally new to me. After been reading lots of lots of topics, I just recently had guts to flash a custom android rom. And all I can say is wow. Didn't expected a big different like that.

Again, thanks all ppl here in XDA. I know I'm spoiled, and protected too, as long as I am a member of XDA community.
[Captivate General] mikegonz:
Completely agree! Imagine if we were all still on stock firmware with RFS and no mods... Definitely wouldn't be the high end phone it is now. Thanks Devs!
[Captivate General] whiteguypl:
Should thank the i9000 devs. A large majority of what we have is because of them.
[Captivate General] sold1erjjt:
100%! definitely. i9000 Dev's deserve a ton of credit!
[Captivate General] tkjeeper:
Agreed fully. So much work for so little reward! I'm stuck tho, I've flashed my first ROM on my new cappy and I'm so happy that I can't find a reason to look for another. Running the newest Serendipity. But...give it time. It's an addiction I think. Only a matter of time before I'm bored. Thanks again.
[Captivate General] Funzy32:
Most deffinately... I would be lost without you guys. :) Thanks so much!
[Captivate General] xhozt:
Hellllll yea!...
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
Not really... It's a pretty even spilt between the three phones. People like supercurio (i9000), untermensch (Vibrant), and xcaliburinhand (Captivate).

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate General] rohith8055:
10+ million Thanks to the Galaxy Devs

The healthy competition and constructive coordination among our DEVs is populating this part of XDA with high quality Roms.

3 CHEERS to all the galaxy S DEVs (esp. to the happy cappy DEVs)

______________________

Samsung Captivate

ROM: designgear's Cognition v4.2.2

Kernel: eXistZ's KB1 #7 beta
[Captivate General] Dani897:
sure we miss out on some aosp stuff but everything about the cappy is high quality from the construction to the components to the whole gsm galaxy s dev comunity. i was looking over on some other forums and the people are just different. sure there are great devs and feature rich roms for some other phones but the captivate is kinda a niche phone because att never promoted it. they still were up steve jobs' arse at that time. i think that weeds out the trolls to some extent. i saw on other forums levels of ignorance that make me hold my head in shame that they are of the same race.

and the stuff coming from the i9000 devs is unlike i have seen on any other phone. where else can you find a dev like supercurio? who else is creating better audio drivers and correcting color balance? and then we have neldars kernel flashing app and sgs tools and voltage control and bln and so on.

and occasionally eugene373 drops in from the vibrant side with amazingly well polished roms that are so fast they almost seem to complete things before you start them.
[Captivate General] bornjamerican:
There are a lot of people that complain about the Captivate not working as promised right out of the box. A lot of people complained when Samsung and the carriers didn't give us Froyo in a timely fashion. I WAS one of them until I learned to flash.

I tried the official froyo for all of 30 minutes before going back to flashing. So yes, I've been spoiled by XDA devs and their roms.

Samsung owes you all a huge amount of gratitude. Thx guys keep it up.
[Captivate General] GSMinCT:
Probably some of the worst stock software I've seen, but with Serendipity, now I have the best!
[Captivate General] KreepyKen:
My wife has a Bravo. She was upset because she couldn't get the free Angry Birds Rio from the Amazon Appstore when it opened. As a curiosity, I went in to check out the Bravo forums to see what kinds of stuff they're cooking up in there. All I can say is wow. It's totally dead in there. No ROMs. No themes. No nuthin.

We are spoiled beyond belief.

So about all this locked bootloader stuff, is this standard with Motorola and HTC phones? Are there other manufacturers/phones out there that are as modifiable as the SGS line? The Cappy is my first smartphone...had a RAZR before that. So I know pretty much nothing about other phones/manufacturers.

I got the Captivate, found this place, and just assumed everyone had the same opportunities/activity that we enjoy. Guess we're probably in the minority.

Special thanks to:

eSPyel for the Paragon ROM

DesignGears for all the amazing posts explaining all sorts of important/helpful stuff

and to 00.ante, edint3000, nbs11, connexion2005, bentonhall, CapnPez, and several others who I'm sure I'm forgetting for their info, links, and cool toys for my phone that have made my Captivate experience richer and have saved my bacon when I hosed my phone trying to do something I shouldn't have. :)
[Captivate General] ddangerdess:
Amazing work.
[Captivate General] F1reEng1neRed:
I would say a lot of the dev for this phone comes from all the problems with it, but that doesn't take away from all the time and effort put into it by folks that deserve a ton of thanks. Without them, this phone would have died a quick death from those of us who are always looking for a way to improve it. I can't imagine still having this phone if I was limited to the stock ROMS.
[Captivate General] syl0n:
HTC was probably the most hackable set of phones till their new line (Desire S, Incredible S). All of them have stable CyanogenMod ROM and pretty awesome custom rom support.

Best of the lot I think is actually the HTC HD2, an original Windows Mobile device now has support for Android and probably has the biggest number of custom ROMs I've ever seen in a XDA forum and growing daily.

But Samsung Galaxy devices are not that bad, we are finally getting GB via Cyanogen but HTC devices like Desire, N1, HD2 have had it for a while.
[Nook Color General] molivrock:
Just search HSN for "Nook" to see the details. Will offer installment plans:

Coming Soon "Sneak Peek" Updates

* HSN will have the "sneak peek" of the new Nook updates, which launches in April

* The new updates will be sent out automatically if your device in connected to Wi-Fi

* HSN customers will receive the update first

NOOK Apps

* Shop the NOOK Store for a wide variety of fun and engaging NOOK Apps

* Download all types of apps to get even more out of your device

* Some of the exciting new apps include Angry Birds, Lonely Planet Phrasebook and Drawing Pad

Adobe Flash

* Expand your web experience by watching videos that use Adobe Flash

Built-in Email

* Stay connected via built-in email, just like you do on other tablets and high-end smartphones

* No need to go through Internet browser
[Nook Color General] jay0911:
wish it had bluetooth but great updates!
[Nook Color General] c0ldburn3r:
Sweet, once the source hits we should see some very nice 2.2 roms. Hopefully they fixed the kernel sleep issue.
[Nook Color General] tominabox1:
would be great. Also, what a huge rip off by HSN
[Nook Color General] mutant13:
Great news!
[Nook Color General] sog1971:
They do include a 2 GB card with 100 books for the additional $80 price increase. :p

If those 100 books only included 9 or 10 that I wanted to read (that were not already public domain) -- it may be a fair deal.
[Nook Color General] ADude:
That is not going to be the selling price - During the TV show, they will say:
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adinis78:
First a little background on my situation before i ask the question, i was recently over in the UK (Northern Ireland) and was trying to use my tab there for a simple call and text so that i could be picked up at the airport but i could never get it to register in any of the local networks, so when i came back i called T-Mobile and they advised that i did not have the International Call Roaming on my plan that's why i was not able to use it. I have since added the service,also i unlocked my tab using Roto's method and tried an AT&T prepaid SIM to see if it worked, it did. Of course i am running my tab with my old Vibrant SIM that allows both voice+data and using Roto's Modem Switch for the edge+voice & 3G.

Now my question is, i will be going back to the UK in the next few weeks and i was wondering if my tab will play nice with the networks in the UK, i know the T-Mobile tab runs on some different frequencies than what the UK tab runs on (correct me if i am wrong) so just want to know if i will have any issues and if does work will i be able to have both voice+edge using a local SIM since the T-Mobile tab does not allow 3G+voice as of yet.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
The TMo US Tab supports UK 3G frequencies - so, if you've flashed your Tab for voice, you should have no problems getting both 3G and voice using a local SIM.

As to the SIM - my current advice would be either GiffGaff PAYG or T-Mobile PAYG, as you can get very decently priced data with these. I have a T-Mo UK SIM in my Tab at the moment, and I paid the princely sum of £10 for 6 months internet access with a 1GB per month FUP - that's £10 total, not £10 per month!

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adinis78:
how would i be able to run both voice+3g using a UK SIM if the US t-mobile tab does not support that at the moment?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
It's a question of frequencies!

In order to use voice+3G on a TMo Tab, you need to use the Bell radio (I believe), but that radio doesn't support the AWS bands (1700/2100Mhz) that TMo US uses and the TMo Tab doesn't support 3G over 850MHz and 1900MHz that AT&T uses.

However, it *does* support the 2100MHz band that the networks in the UK use for 3G, as does the TMo US Tabs hardware.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adinis78:
so then i would just need a modem that runs 3g+voice and i'll be all set to use the tab in the UK, but when will one be available for t-mobile is unclear i guess i could just keep using Roto's modem switch until then. Thank you for the good news since i will be moving to the UK permanently within 2 years or so and it would be a shame that my T-mobile tab would not work there. :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
If you are using Roto's modem switch, you already have the required radio!

The radio that gives you 2G+voice on TMo in the US is a 3G radio with the necessary bands for the UK!

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adinis78:
:eek:really??? so no need to switch from edge+voice to get 3G? that is wonderful news, with this wonderful news i guess i can bear to be with AT&T for one year then if the merger goes through.....lol!!!!!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
That should have said £20, not £10! Mind you, it's still a blinding deal!

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adinis78:
Seems like a good deal but if anything i will have to go with O2 since they seem to have the better service in Northern Ireland.

Sent from HAL 9000
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
If you have to go for O2, try GiffGaff instead, which is prepaid brand run by O2.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adinis78:
was looking over the website and noticed the various options they offer, i like the 10 british pounds and it looks good, 250 min, unlimtd txt and lunlimtd web, but how does that work? does money only get deducted when you call/receive a call and not when you use text and web?? and how long is it good for? a month?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
When you buy a "goodybag", the money is deducted from your available credit.

i.e. if you have £20 credit and buy a £10 goodybag, you will have £10 credit left, and 30 days service with 250mins, and unlimited text and web.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
And I should probably add that in the UK, we don't generally pay to receive calls, so when some one calls you, it won't use up any of your credit or inclusive minutes.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adinis78:
Well seems like a really good deal but it does say that the unlimited web was until april 4 but its too early for me to worry about this right now i wont be moving there for like 2 years or so.

Sent from HAL 9000
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herbthehammer:
I'm not at the same place as the phone so bear with me. How do you add a contact in ec05. I could figure it out in seconds if i had the phone in my hand so i'm operating blind. The obvious of go to contact program them hit menu key then add contact, she says there's no option to add contact. She's used to di18 way of doing things. Did it change?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjhill2112:
May have to re-sync her accounts. I saw someone else post that after the update they had to re-login to their Google account.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herbthehammer:
Already been done.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ree$e:
When you placing a call you can save it right before you hit call

also after call is ask do you want to add as contact

or go to call log press on that number dialed and at the bottom it ask "add to contact"
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qbking77:
All she has to do is go to contacts, and next to the search there is a + button. Tell her to press this and that's how to add a contact.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herbthehammer:
Yeah, she finally figured it out. Kinda wierd for it to not be like the old one of go to dialer and enter phone number. Right above that it says + add contact. I will have to look at it later but she said you can't bring up contacts program then menu key then add contact. That makes no logical sense to me.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danasmith2816:
The plus sign mentioned above is one way but also on mine with EC05 I pull up the dialer and enter a number and directly below the number just entered is a bar that says "add to contacts"
[G Tablet General] juanzr1:
i want to flash but i wouldnt know how to get back to stock if i wanted an ota update.appreciate the halp xda im a wooter :D.and is there a way to get the android market without flashing a rom ?
[G Tablet General] juanzr1:
nvm i just seen the method for nvflash. but how do i get the android market without flashing a rom ?
[G Tablet General] mpguy84:
"There is no Market

Some of the mods do add the Google Android Market, but even so there are very few available apps visible. There is a fairly easy way to get around this, which is documented here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=845175"

Found in the FAQ in the android dev page. Please search and you will find the answer for every quetsions asked.

Thank you
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jarporte:
so i have the HD2 and i am running WM6.5 i am on t-mobile as well.

i have tried to read as many threads as i can. and i am serious looking at doing this. but i need to figure out what some of the things are in the how to's, but that is for a later time.

what i am wondering. does everything work when you dule boot in droid on an SD card.

can i still Tether?

are there functions of the phone that dont work?

can i go back if i had to or is this a one way deal?

do the five buttons do anything once you go droid?

just wondering what if any problems happen when you do this right.

thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] chrisgto4:
Everything works....except 720 video recording. Video camera camera quality is still really good though. If you boot from SD you can get back to Wm by simply rebooting. All data is saved on your sdcard.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Richy99:
tethering depends on the rom you install

some builds dont have a working camera otherwise it nearly all works

yes you can go back

yes the hardware buttons still work and are functioning
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jarporte:
so which versions of Rom do support tethering
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] doorfixer:
If i were you,i wouldn't hesitate and install Android NAND build. Most of them support tethering and work perfectly fast and stable :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] matcoder:
which rom support 720p video recording?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] XthelordinatorX:
so far none i think (correct me if i'm wrong)

but the devs are working on it and i guess it wont be very long until it'll work
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Hartendief:
Just start with the NAND built,you won't regret it.

Just look out for certain roms and their kernels, some hace a VERY high battery drain
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allyn274:
In the text messaging screen, does the contacts phone number have to be displayed in every single line?

Is there anyway to display just the contact name?

Thanks in advance!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
do you have the numbers stored w/ the area code? (ie 1-123-456-7890)?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allyn274:
Yes - they're stored with the area code. They kinda have to be. So many of my contacts are out of state.